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Fliptrack Launches - Make Your Own MySpace Music Videos

Fliptrack, which launches on Wednesday, is an online service that lets you put pictures to your music. Instead of laying music over you image slideshow, you choose your song first with Fliptrack, and the images you add will be timed with the song's beat to make it a seamless integration. In this case, it looks like a more cohesive product, much like a music video.

Fliptrack currently offers over 350 licensed songs to choose from, in addition to the 50+ indie bands that have offered their music for Fliptrack's purpose. Once you've created your video, it can be embedded on your MySpace, hi5, and Piczo profiles for further sharing. Other's cannot take the embed code directly from the widget, though the video can be sent via email. The site's emphasis is clearly on the video, as there is no direct way to search for users, though their videos can be rated and commented upon.

Fliptrack is partnering with Barenaked Ladies for their first promotional contest, the winner of which will have their video featured on the popular band's website. Fliptrack also recognizes the potential for indie artists to offer their content to be mixed, as it's a great way to let the users further spread their music.

The concept behind Fliptrack has been executed in a unique way, but it is a feature that can easily be added to many of the other services. In order for Fliptrack to at least be on par with other players in the fields, I'd suggest they include the ability to add friends as a way for users to keep track of the site's activity, and incorporating the ability to search videos by their songs.

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